On our site, we aim to show the concrete ways we support Chesapeake youth. One key initiative is our annual push to ensure students have the basic tools they need to learn: school supplies!

Here’s the lowdown:

• The Foundation provides school supplies to youth in Chesapeake.
• We give out annual school supply grants.
• These grants specifically go to youth in Title I schools.
• We provide this support to four specific Title I Schools: Thurgood Marshall Elementary, Truitt Intermediate, Rena B. Wright Primary, and G. W. Carver Intermediate.
• We provide support for the Chesapeake Center for Student Success
• So far, we’ve provided a total of $4,250.00 in school supplies grants to these four schools.
• Ensuring students have sufficient supplies helps them learn.
• As a recent example from 2025, funds from the NCMPEF were used to provide a matching $250.00 mini grant to Rena B. Wright Primary School for school supplies, in partnership with New Mount Olive A.M.E. Church.

It’s a simple but impactful way we “build strong children” by removing basic barriers to learning. This is a direct way we benefit Chesapeake Public School students.